Fatal wreck on I-30 stalls LR traffic

One person was killed in a collision on I-30 Friday morning between a pickup and an 18-wheeler.
(By Gavin Lesnick)
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Interstate 30 East at Otter Creek Road is shut Friday morning, May 30, 2014, after an accident.

A Little Rock man was killed Friday morning when his pickup was hit by an 18-wheeler on Interstate 30, snarling traffic in the area for some time.

It happened about 9:45 a.m. in the eastbound lanes near Interstate 430. All but the inside lane was reported reopened by noon and traffic was moving freely through the area by mid-afternoon, the Arkansas Online live traffic map showed.

Restricting trucks from using all the lane may have lead to this accident. Most folks travel in the middle lane which is the passing lane for trucks. I have witnessed numerous vehicle passing big trucks in the far left lane, moving into the middle lane and immediately slowing down in front of these big trucks to merge into the right lane to exit. I am surprised that more accidents don't occur on I-30 where these restriction are in place. The AHD should remove these restriction before more citizens are killed.....